General Labor

General Labor Automotive Manufacturing

This full-time, long-term general labor position supports a high-volume automotive manufacturing facility that produces carpeted components such as trunk liners, headliners, hood liners, and floorboard carpets. You will work on a production line loading and unloading materials into presses, inspecting parts, and helping produce formed and trimmed carpet assemblies for the automotive industry. The role requires comfort with repetitive tasks, standing for long periods, and working overtime, including 10-hour shifts and frequent weekend work.

Essential Skills

• Stable work history, typically demonstrating at least 12 years of tenure at previous jobs.
• Strong reliability and good attendance, including arriving on time for shifts and avoiding unplanned call-ins.
• Willingness and ability to work overtime and weekends, including consistent 10-hour days and a schedule that often includes six days per week.
• Ability to stand for extended periods while operating presses and performing repetitive tasks.
• Capability to lift up to 50 pounds when handling materials and moving products.
• Comfort working in a high-production manufacturing environment with tracked numbers and efficiency metrics.
• Basic manufacturing aptitude, including the ability to learn loading, unloading, trimming, assembly, and inspection tasks quickly.
• Attention to detail to perform visual inspections and ensure parts meet quality standards.
• Minimum age of 18 to work in the manufacturing facility.

Why Work Here?

You will join a highly stable and growing manufacturing organization that has recently expanded operations and created hundreds of local jobs. The company invests heavily in internal promotion and professional development, frequently advancing production employees into roles such as quality inspector, line leader, shipping and materials, and even supervisory positions. A dedicated leadership academy supports line leaders and future leaders with ongoing training and development. The organization is undergoing a thoughtful rebranding with a new leadership team focused on improving retention and employee satisfaction, creating a culture that values strong attendance, quality work, and long-term career growth.

Work Environment

The work takes place in a large automotive manufacturing facility that produces carpeted products for vehicle trunks, headliners, under-hood areas, and floorboards. The plant uses stamping cells with multiple presses in each cell, operating as a high-production shop where performance metrics and efficiencies are closely tracked. Employees stand at presses with material carts, loading and unloading carpet assemblies that typically weigh 1015 pounds and include a sound mat layer, rubber adhesive layer, and carpet or cloth top layer. On the first day, new hires pair with a line leader and a top-producing production employee, receiving hands-on training designed to make each job straightforward to learn, often within a day. The environment can be loud in certain areas due to stamping and pressing operations, and production lines are overseen by line leaders who attend a weekly leadership academy to prepare for advancement into roles such as production supervisor.

Openings:

• 2nd shift 3-11
• 3rd shift 11-7

Pay Rate

• 2nd = $18.00
• 3rd = $17.85

Job Type & Location

This is a permanent position based out of Port Huron, MI.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $36400.00 - $37024.00/yr. 401k paid time off health insurance technical training tuition r

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Port Huron, MI.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 23, 2026.